Head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Eric Chelle has picked the back four that will start for Nigeria in Tuesday’s friendly game against Russia, OwnGoalNigeria.com can exclusively reveal.
The Nigerian team has been hit with a spate of withdrawals with Birmingham City defender Bright Osayi-Samuel the latest to be ruled out of the game by his club.
Chelle who called up a host of players that he intends to use for his U23 team for the game, trained today with 18 players in the build up to the game.
We can exclusively reveal that the back four barring any unforeseen circumstances will be the quartet of Benjamin Fredrick, Emmanuel Fernandez, Isaac James and Abdullahi Bewene.
Per camp sources they have been training with the above mentioned back four since the start of training two days ago.
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